Nazarites had long hair. Numbers 6:
I see 1 Corinthians 11:13 as a social issue at the time. It does not need to be applied universally today.
Is long hair on men sinful/wrong?
No, but I prefer short hair myself.
You don't want to be legalistic and judgmental like the Pharisees who strained out a gnat and swallowed a camel. Jesus' focus is on your inside, not so much on your outside.
1 Corinthians 11:5 ‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.
Paul appealed to the human judgment of the Corinthians for social norms.13 Judge for yourselves:
Paul was comparing men's and women's hair in this passage. I prefer short hair, and women look good with long hair.Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?
i.e., the practice of the churches of God in Paul's time.For long hair is given to her as a covering. 16 If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God
I see 1 Corinthians 11:13 as a social issue at the time. It does not need to be applied universally today.
Is long hair on men sinful/wrong?
No, but I prefer short hair myself.
You don't want to be legalistic and judgmental like the Pharisees who strained out a gnat and swallowed a camel. Jesus' focus is on your inside, not so much on your outside.